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________________________________ From: Sriram Iyer <sriramiye...@yahoo.co.in> To: arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, August 29, 2010 8:17:16 PM Subject: [arr] Re: V K Malhotra not impressed with Rahman's CWG theme song What I don't understand is why people compare the theme song to 'Waka Waka', which in my humble opinion was quite mediocre. A theme song needn't be all upbeat and sing-along-ish. A theme song needn't have enthusiastic beats. A theme song can be like any other song, all that matter is that it represents the theme of the games. The theme of CWG and their tagline says is 'Come out and play' and I believe AR's song resonates well with that theme. This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKikKRPiaXE] was the theme song for the Asiad that was held in Delhi, 1982. Now tell me if it has anything upbeat about it. It captures the essence of the Asiad quite well, nothing up-beat about it, but a very good song. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, live for arr Live <livefor...@...> wrote: > > New Delhi: A R Rahman's Commonwealth Games theme song has failed to impress >the > > CWG Organising Committee's Executive Board member V K Malhotra, who feels the > composition has "fallen short of expectations". > > "Oh yaaro, yeh India bula liya", which was launched amid much fanfare by the > Oscar-winning composer yesterday has been given a thumbs down by Malhotra, > who > has suggested that the song be reworked. > > "This song has fallen short of expectations. We had a expected a better > anthem > for the Games from a composer of Rahman's status," Malhotra, also the > vice-president of the Indian Olympic Association, said. > > "He has given some very good songs like 'Maa Tujhe Salaam' but this song is > not > > that impressive. We hope that the song is made better because there is still > some time for the Games," he added. > > * Share on Twitter > * Share on Social > * Gmail Buzz > * Print > Rahman sang it in front of a gathering which included Delhi Chief Minister > Sheila Dikshit, her Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda and CWG >Organising > > Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi yesterday. > > "I feel honoured to get the opportunity to compose the theme song for the > mega-event. It was not an easy task. I had started composing it six months > ago > and finished just last night," Rahman said after the launch. > > The launch of the theme song had been delayed after the Group of Ministers > overseeing the quadrennial sporting extravaganza asked Rahman to change it a > little bit. > > Read more at: >http://www.ndtv.com/article/sports/v-k-malhotra-not-impressed-with-rahman-s-cwg-theme-song-47974?cp >p >
